Pseudobatos leucorhynchus
| Whitesnout guitarfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobatos |
| Species: | P. leucorhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Günther, 1867) | |
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Pseudobatos leucorhynchus, commonly called the whitesnout guitarfish, is a species of fish in the family Rhinobatidae found in the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean. It was originally named Rhinobatos leucorhynchus by Albert Günther, a naturalized British scientist, in 1867.[2][3][4]
Conservation status
It is rated as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The population is decreasing and severely fragmented.[1]
References
- 1 2 Pollom, R.; Bizzarro, J.J.; Avalos, C.; Cevallos, A.; Espinoza, M.; González, A.; Herman, K.; Mejía-Falla, P.A.; Navia, A.F.; Pérez Jiménez, J.C.; Sosa-Nishizaki, O.; Velez-Zuazo, X. (2020). "Pseudobatos leucorhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T60168A124446908. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T60168A124446908.en.
- ↑ "Pseudobatos leucorhynchus (Günther, 1867)". FishBase. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
- ↑ "Species: Pseudobatos leucorhynchus, Whitenose guitarfish, Whitesnout guitarfish". Shorefishes of the Eastern Pacific online information system. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved June 14, 2026.
- ↑ Romero-Caicedo, A. F.; Carrera-Fernández, M. (December 28, 2015). "Reproduction of the whitesnout guitarfish Rhinobatos leucorhynchus in the Ecuadorian Pacific Ocean". Journal of Fish Biology. 87 (6): 1434–1448. Bibcode:2015JFBio..87.1434R. doi:10.1111/jfb.12794. PMID 26709215.